Big Hero 6 Brings Down Interstellar at the Weekend Box Office

This weekend’s box-office showdown was between Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Christopher Nolan’s star-heavy Interstellar. The plushy robot emerged victorious with a $56.2 million debut, while Interstellar brought in $50 million. Coming in third (with considerably less cash) was one of the steadiest films of the fall: David Fincher’s Gone Girlearned $6.1 million, bringing its overall domestic total to $145 million.

Gone Girl beat out Ouija($6 million) and St. Vincent($5.7 million). The lesson here is that even Matthew McConaughey’s astronaut dimples can’t compete with an adorable animated robot. Meanwhile, Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everythingdid well in limited release, earning $207,000 in five theaters for a per-screen average of $41,400. Overall, the box office bounced back — almost 90 percent — from last weekend’s weak showing.